Loving my Oldies

@Beltar Never apologise. We all feel for you and your darling Tari.

I currently have five elderly dogs: Jeune nearly 19, Tamar, nearly 16, Bunter 16/17, Mezza 15, and Sooty 12/13. I’ve had many elderly dogs over the years it is only with two of these (Tamar and Bunter) that I have seen signs of dementia, so I and the dogs have been fortunate, I think. The main feature with both of them is they get “lost” downstairs at night and, sometimes, in the daytime. Tamar gets caught up in the legs of chairs, but she generally finds her way out. I do watch her and if she seems to be too confused or worried, I rescue her. So far, they are not getting stuck behind chairs or anything like that, but I’ve had a couple of dogs that that happened too. They were elderly and their time was drawing to a close, but they weren’t demented. Bunter is just confused. He will snap in the wrong place for a treat or go off in the wrong direction from his food bowl. In the past couple of years, he has become quite snappy so I have to watch my fingers; he has to be muzzled for me to clean his eyes. He watches me like a hawk and rarely slept through the day, just lying close to where I was without taking his eyes off me. I have noticed that he regularly goes into a deep sleep now.

I’m with Dogsfevr. Just enough of whatever it takes to cover the pill so he takes it. Good luck.

Love love those benches. On the way to my GP, I walk past a curtain shop and have seen fabrics featuring dogs. Have been very tempted LOL

When I discovered Jeune loved pizza, I can’t claim it was from my thinking outside the [pizza] box . She was hovering in the kitchen, looking both miserable and hopeful and wouldn’t say what she wanted when I asked her. Surely she doesn’t want some pizza, I thought. Not Jeune ??? But I gave it a try with a little bit and she kept coming back for more ...... and more ......and more. I buy those Dr Oetker Mozzarella ones but I’m thinking I might have to start buying “Meatlovers” ones for the dogs.

Hmmm, I can think of some for whom I like it to be compulsory ........

Well that’s what I thought and so far it is suiting her.

Amazingly, Jeune turns 19 in a few weeks .... according to pound papers from November 2003. Yes, 2003, that is not a typo. A couple of years ago, a tumour was found between her backbone and colon. She has been on meds (liquid med so syringed) to inhibit growth ever since and she is generally well and not in any pain. Jeune has always been a funny (as in odd odd) character. She screams blue murder when hardly touched, I’ve never been able to cuts her nails (the vet has to do that), she must have eaten well at one stage because she was a bit porky. She is very very stubborn and there is no way she will do anything she doesn’t want to. However, she has become very very thin in the past couple of years and over time I have tried a heap of different foods and also meds to try to give her an appetitie. She will ravenously (relatively speaking) eat something at one meal and then refuse it forever more Bunter is also on a heap of meds and he is refusing everything that he used to wolf down with pills hidden in them. So on the weekend I went to the deli (twice) to buy a heap of different foods to see what would tempt him. Tried savs, sausages, liverwurst, different meats, etc etc and nothing worked. So left with all this what I would call rubbish, I looked down to see Jeune looking at me with big hungry eyes ....... you can guess the rest . Jeune LOVES savs, sausages and, particularly, pizza. And Bunter loves pizza too, so I keep a slice and hide pills between the cheese topping and the crust. So far so good. There are multiple containers of savs and sausages in the frig to cut up into tiny pieces and mix in with Jeune’s normal food. So, at the ripe old age and doing remarkably well, Jeune can eat as much rubbish as she likes Obviously I keep an eye on her, I don’t want to make her sick, so don’t worry that I am sending her from the frying pan to the fire LOL.

Well said, @Rebanne

OMG!!! Vet - IMMEDIATELY.

SWWWWOOOOOOONNNNNNN

So beautiful.

Latest photo of Sensational Sooty: fullsizeoutput_c17 by Cynthia Waters, on Flickr

In your recycling bin??

Not just the beach: on my footpath, hanging on fences, stuck in trees, in my freshly emptied recyling bin. People can be very lazy and very disgusting.

It has taken a while, but finally these beautiful words: “ [name] has advised that she is preparing Sooty’s adoption papers now and will email to you soon." And here is a little video taken a few days ago - it is a bit dark, but the editing functions don’t seem to apply to videos. The strips on the floor is that material used under carpets/mats to stop them slipping. It is a bit sticky and helps stop Sooty’s feet from slipping. She is wearing little toe grips, but they don’t seem to help much. I have had her groomed since this video and she is now sporting lovely little poodle face and top knot. Must get an up to date photo. Dear old Jeune has a small supporting role.

Excellent news @SarasMum.

Gosh .... long time no see you here. So many little dogs in the pounds down here. What about looking at the FB pages of them or websites? Hawkesbury (Friends of Hawkesbury Pound on FB) Campbelltown (Campbelltown Lost Found Injured Pets) Hopefully others will contribute to the list.

Report this immediately!!!

Well, that’s what I thought. Along with: if you don’t ask how can anyone know what you want?

I’ve been taking videos for various reasons but have found it an excellent way to show the vets what is going on at home with dogs and their various ailments and age related issues. However, they are generally too big to forward to anyone. I’ve worked out how to shorten them, but I don’t really want to do that and was wondering whether there is a way to crop them to make them smaller the same as a photograph can be cropped. Grateful for advice...... but please talk slowly and clearly and in words of one syllable as I am a bit of a numpty with regard to computer speak.

Syringes arrived this morning . . . . . . together with a

My very elderly Chihuahua, Jeune (nearly 19), has been on Piroxicam for a couple of years for tumour between her spine and colon. Obviously at her age and the position of the tumour, there was no question of surgical intervention and my vets prescribed Piroxicam to inhibit the spread. This has worked very well apart from the fact that Jeune has lost a lot of weight as she has always been a nightmare to feed. However, the syringes provided by the supplier of the Piroxicam (BOVA) are a slightly different size from the 1ml I order by the 100 to give the other dogs their meds and the printing on them soon wears off. I am a bit OCD with some things and one of them is messy bottles which I end up with when the BOVA supplied syringes wear out and I have to use the others. I’ve thought about doing so for some time, but on the weekend I finally sent them an email telling them of the size difference and how I dislike messy bottles and, of course, telling them how well Jeune is doing. This morning I received a lovely email telling me they were sending me a supply of their syringes in overnight mail. How good is that? So pleased.